Lesson 103 : [ Tea Food ]

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Beginner Class

[Tea Food]

What kind of food is traditionally served with fine Chinese tea? None really. Some types of tea, including certain black ones and the green teas of Japan, can enhance—and be enhanced by—food. Most fine Chinese teas, though, seem better when savored on their own. This is not to say that tea isn't served with meals in China; it certainly is, and is greatly appreciated as a mealtime beverage. But tea made from the highest-grade leaves is so delicate in flavor that its nuances might be overwhelmed by food. Indeed, the non-Asian tea-room set would be surprised to learn that sweets are considered to be particularly inappropriate with fine tea—because they tend to block out the teas' natural sweetness, which is one of their most appreciated qualities.

***Vocabulary

l       enhance

l       savored

l       appreciated

l       delicate

l       nuances

l       overwhelmed

l       appreciated

***Discussion Questions

1. What kind of beverages do you like?  What do you usually drink?

2. Do you like teas? Why? How often do you drink it?

3. When you have tea, do you like to have it by itself or with some food? What food do you like to have with tea? Why?

4. Is there any particular food that you liked to have with certain beverage? For example, many people like Oreo cookies with milk.

5. Do you know any nice restaurants or cafés for enjoying tea in Seoul that you would like to share with others?

***Describing the Taste of Food

Steve, my new boyfriend, decided to cook dinner for me. I was really excited, that is, until I tried his cooking.

Steve: What do you think of the soup?

I thought: This is so bland, and what are these little lumpy things in the soup? Of course I didn’t say that aloud.

Elaine: It’s delicious. It has a very interesting flavor.

When Steve served the main course, a baked chicken, he asked,

Steve: What do you think of the chicken? Is it too salty or spicy?

I thought: Yes! It’s too salty and it’s so spicy I can hardly eat it without breathing fire. The outside of the chicken is overcooked and the inside is raw! But out loud, I said,

Elaine: No, not at all! It has an interesting texture and I’m enjoying every bite.

I thought: Oh, no. Is there more? Steve went into the kitchen and brought dessert.

Steve: What do you think of this cake?

I thought: This cake should be sweet, but it has a strange sour taste. Could there be something seriously wrong with Steve’s taste buds? But aloud, I said,

Elaine: It’s yummy. It’s the best cake that anyone has ever made for me.

And it was true. I didn’t care how bad the meal was. It’s the thought that counts.

***Key words and Expression‎!s

1. that is     that is to say 즉, 다시 말하면;적어도

2. bland

3. lumpy

4. be something wrong with   Ex) There is something wrong with this machine.

이 기계는 어딘가 고장이다

Don´t you think there is something wrong with him?

           그 사람, 조금 이상한 것 같지 않아요?

Something is wrong with my watch.

                   내 시계가 어딘가 고장났다.

5. taste buds

6. It’s the thought that counts 생각해준 것만도 고맙지 = 마음이 중요 하다, 성의가 중요하다

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